It was cold this morning - REAL cold for the time of year. Memorial Day Weekend. Looking for indoor tasks, I decided to upgrade the bar and chain on the big saw, the 661 (YouTube clip - funny scene ) https://youtu.be/ZmJsh98hAFQ?t=20 I have been running the 32" for a couple of seasons and have some [...]
Saturday at Cranmore. One and done.
Sure looking like a white Christmas this year... Third snowfall of the season was on the 17th where we picked up a solid 10" here on the coast. Soft and fluffy three days later and we have been out in the back yard playing in the snow. [...]
Spent some quality time cleaning up the grounds this year. We had another warm late season gift on Saturday so we took the opportunity for some additional grounds keeping before the frosted ground became more permanent. I staked the plowing boundary for the driveway and blew back the leaves one more time. Most of what [...]
Hard to think of snow on a day like today. November 7 and we had a high around 70 - the doors and windows were open wide at Mittenstock. Taking the opportunity to air out the house to bottom one more time. It was also time to do the changeover. Move summer gear into storage [...]
Back to Mittenstock this weekend. It has been almost three weeks I think - since we were there. The sunset on Thursday night was somewhat other worldly. At least I though so. I almost missed it - I was doing other things when I looked out and saw this cloud turned to fire. [...]
The journey into winter seems sudden at first - 'past peak' is often mentioned far too early in the process of the spectacular transition to winter. The color moves around - the fallen leaves bring a welcome color and texture to the forest floor while the last holdouts, the oaks and the beach, hang [...]
The rain was welcome last Friday - bringing us to 1.5 inches for the week. A drop in the bucket but a welcome drop. This is three captures with the Z7 in lapse movie mode - which drops a real nice 4k time lapse movie - without all the hassle of processing six thousand frames [...]
Hard to believe the 'summer is over' even though this is the beginning of the best time of year in this part of the world (imho) The days are in the low 70's bright blue skies, a breeze - the insect population is down and the nights are cool. All good things. The days however [...]
